Cooking Rice in the Oven

Start with one cup of uncooked rice. This will be enough for four regular servings of rice. To make a double batch, just double all the quantities given here (but not the cooking times).

Rinse the rice with cold water until the water is clear. You don’t absolutely need to rinse the rice, but doing so removes excess starch that can make the rice come out sticky. The flip-side is that rinsing the rice washes away some of the nutrients that are added to white rice. The choice is yours. Note that you don’t need to rinse brown rice.

Bring your liquid to a boil on the stovetop. For white rice, boil 1 2/3 cups of liquid. For brown rice you’ll need 1¾ cups. Add ½ Tbsp of butter to the liquid as well as 1 tsp of Kosher salt. If you’re cooking with stock as opposed to plain water, you might want to use less salt (or none at all). It all depends on how salty your stock is.

Once your liquid boils, add the rice, cover tightly and transfer it to the oven. Or if you’re using a separate baking dish, combine the water and rice in the dish and cover it either with a lid or a piece of foil, and transfer it to the oven.

Bake 25 minutes for white rice, or about an hour for brown rice. The rice should be tender but not mushy, and all the liquid should be absorbed. If it’s not done enough you can bake it for another 2 to 4 minutes.

When the rice is cooked, fluff it with a fork to let the steam out. This is an important step because the built-up steam will continue cooking the rice and cause it to overcook.

Blogroll

101 Cook Books
I’m Heidi Swanson and 101 Cookbooks is where I write about the recipes that intersect my life, travels and interests. I focus on natural, whole foods and ingredients – vegetarian recipes that are good for you, with the occasional sweet treat. Welcome!

Dish Crawl
Dishcrawl is the best way to discover your food neighborhood! Our City Dishcrawls are a social dining experience through 4 restaurants in 1 night with a group of awesome food lovers.

Eat Well Montreal
Lets look a little deeper into this thing called restaurants and define this page as a list of Montreal restaurants. Some we have visited already and some we haven’t but all in all we hope that it helps you in your journey today. Eat, Drink and Stay Se

Gina Marie’s Kitchen
I wanted to be able to share my favorite recipes with others so they too could enjoy the things my family has always loved

kiss my spatula
My food is simple, lighthearted –never preachy, and a blend of the scents and memories of my eastern heritage, along with new ingredients and flavors of my western upbringing. Food remains the connection. To family. To love

Montreal Restaurant List
I came across this list of Montreal restaurants, it has brief description about each restaurant.

New Orleans Food Trip
Great New Orleans Meals at Mandina’s, The Green Goddess, The Camellia Grill & Cochon

thebigfatnoodle
thebigfatnoodle is all about finding, making, creating or talking about un-poncey and yummy food

Will Travel For Food
Hello, my name is Mayssam and I’m a foodoholic I was born and raised in Lebanon, I’ve lived in New York City before finally settling on Montreal as my home about 20 years ago. In a few previous lives, I have been an interior designer, a graphic artis

Links

2011 Aspen Food & Wine Classic
​The cognoscenti of the food world — 5,000 strong — descended upon Aspen this past weekend for the 29th annual Food & Wine magazine Classic, one of the most heralded culinary jubilees in the country. It was a whirlwind weekend of unparalleled gl

GMO-Genetically Modified Foods
GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques.

Homemade rosemary-salt
Making your own rosemary salt is an easy and inexpensive way to add a very versatile spice to your pantry.

Mr Patty,
The Best Jamaican Patties in Montreal, also if you love jerk pork or jerk chicken you must try Mr. Patty (note Jerk is only available on Saturdays call ahead and reserve your order)

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Eat your fruits and vegetables! The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure. Use EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides to reduce your exposures as much as possible